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Maybe not a popular opinion, but I’m listening to pregame, and I’m getting a bit tired of how I need to respect Cincy and how we share this bond.. Ok, fine. They were chirping all week before our first game. Came out and tried to injure our QB on a dirty play and then did injure Taron Johnson.. on a dirty play. Now, they’re whining again.. all week. I don’t like that team. I don’t respect that team. I don’t care that we shared a moment. Shut. Them. Up.

I never thought we were going to blow out the Dolphins. I definitely didn’t think it would be that close, but all the talk on pregame sounded wayyyy too reminiscent of what we heard before the Jets/Wilson game. This game.. I feel confident we will win and it won’t be a nail biter. Of course, as we get closer to 3, I’ll be all nerves. I just feel that McDermott and Frazier realize that it’s time their defense steps up in the playoffs. Yes, Von and Hyde are out.. it’s not ideal.. but they are facing a team with a decimated OL, and not just decimated, but recently decimated. I also feel our secondary is in a much, much better spot than they were a month ago. Combine our improved secondary play and their OL issues .. and I’m ready for a very good Defensive performance against a top offense in the playoffs, finally. I just feel like they understand the moment .. or maybe, I just feel they’re due.

I don’t think it was a pretty good indicator of the season .. Buffalo made so many mistakes against Miami (a team that does that to us this year). I do think you’d be correct in pointing out to anyone saying things like “well, if we just don’t turn it over today…” that, ok, would be great, but they don’t seem very focused on playing zero turnover games. Certainly would be a perfect time for them to start.

Ok….but we’re playing a team missing 3 OL starters … and not just 3 OL starters over the course of a year .. they just lost them all literally within the last month. Everyone is dealing with injuries, especially on the AFC side.

Without Von, I’m not sure that they will with 4 (hope to be pleasantly surprised) - especially with how quick Burrow gets rid of it .. but there’s enough talent on this defense that we shouldn’t have KC ‘21 or KC ‘22 on defense again. Im sure McD has input in draft picks and there’s an insane amount of high draft capital on this DL, two stud LB’s, a stud slot corner, Tre White and a RD1 CB, along with Poyer at Safety… that’s enough. Time for the defense to step up against a top end passing offense in the playoffs, especially with injuries that somewhat offset the loss of Von and Hyde.

As much as I respect McDermott as a man, he’s going to start losing me a bit if he can’t slow down Cincy and then hopefully KC. Decimated Cincy OL. Hobbled Mahomes. Figure it out.

Really disappointed in Doug Peterson’s approach when Mahomes got hurt. He coached the game like KC would never score again. When they did, he opened it up and they started scoring. No margin for error at that point and the fumble ended it for them.

Yes.

Im not. Their playcalling has been straight up cowardly lion all game. Finally stopped playing to the hope Mahomes can’t move the ball and boom.. TD.

Jax finally gets T-Law moving and taking shots down field and ta-da… Their OL isn’t holding up great, but you’ve got to take the chances against that Chiefs secondary and not let off the hook by throwing everything around the LOS.

At least they throw a hundred screens that actually work.

Nah.. Jax will open it up again once they go down two scores.

And not on 3rd down when they need 10. Coward playcalling by them ever since Mahomes got hurt, sans one deep shot that Kirk dropped.

No, they really are not. Their defense is not very good at all. Can you please go simp elsewhere? How do we have like 4 of you that constantly do this?

Ok… Pederson is losing me here. This Offense is playing shook of a bad defense and/or wrongly thinking KC will never score again.

Jax playing so conservative on offense ever since the Mahomes injury.

NFL has a serious RTP problem. It’s way too big of a penalty to just be at the whim’s of a ref. Either helmet to helmet is or isn’t.

Of course no call

Ill never get over Allen trying to punch the ball out the game after his UCL injury. Absolutely insane.

Nah .. there’s a few guys, ours included, that would be out there. There’s no way he’s not feeling it. Credit to him.

My guess … they roll with Henne unless Jax forces the issue and takes the lead.

Immediately reminded me of the Shakir play.. slight difference being Allen’s was in the basket and Shakir just could corral it enough going to the ground. Kirk’s was a straight up drop on a pass a bit in front.

Oh, I think he’s playing in the 2nd half, but that injury isn’t going away.

Likely a high ankle sprain. Not going to get better anytime soon.

Tough to not go for it, but it’s imperative for Jax that this is a one score game going into half to force KC’s hand on Mahomes.